Australia to Cut off Welfare to Anti-Vaxxers April 14, 2015 | Registered: 12 years ago Posts: 1,685 |
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Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children can lose up to $11,000 of welfare benefits a year under a new government policy, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced.
Currently parents can choose to opt out of vaccinations for medical or religious reasons, or by stating they are "conscientious objectors," and still receive taxpayer funded child care benefits.
Under the new "no jab, no pay" policy, the exemption as a conscientious objector will be removed starting January 2016.
"The choice made by families not to immunize their children is not supported by public policy or medical research nor should such action be supported by taxpayers in the form of child care payments," said Abbott in a joint statement with Social Services Minister, Scott Morrison.
Thousands of families could lose out on welfare payments, with the Australian government estimating more than 39,000 children under the age of seven have not been vaccinated because of their parents' objections.
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mumofsixbirds
That's sweet! Now, let's do that in North America, too. Too many anti-vax nuts in Canada, and too many people sucking off the welfare system.
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kman
Anti-vaxxers now, other breeders later? It could be that Australia will eventually become the first industrialized country to end welfare for breeders entirely. Because of the small population and limited tax base, it's hard to see how the country can afford welfare benefits in the first place. And after all, this is the country in which an academic proposed ending the "baby bonus" paid at the time and instituting a carbon tax on babies after a certain number per couple instead. This was in late 2007, and an excerpt follows:
http://www.news.com.au/national/baby-tax-needed-to-save-planet-claims-expert/story-e6frfkp9-1111115071784
A West Australian medical expert wants families to pay a $5000-plus "baby levy" at birth and an annual carbon tax of up to $800 a child.
Writing in today's Medical Journal of Australia, Associate Professor Barry Walters said every couple with more than two children should be taxed to pay for enough trees to offset the carbon emissions generated over each child's lifetime.
Professor Walters, clinical associate professor of obstetric medicine at the University of Western Australia and the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth, called for condoms and "greenhouse-friendly" services such as sterilisation procedures to earn carbon credits.
And he implied the Federal Government should ditch the $4133 baby bonus and consider population controls like those in China and India.
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http://www.news.com.au/national/baby-tax-needed-to-save-planet-claims-expert/story-e6frfkp9-1111115071784
A West Australian medical expert wants families to pay a $5000-plus "baby levy" at birth and an annual carbon tax of up to $800 a child.
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kman
Anti-vaxxers now, other breeders later? It could be that Australia will eventually become the first industrialized country to end welfare for breeders entirely. Because of the small population and limited tax base, it's hard to see how the country can afford welfare benefits in the first place. And after all, this is the country in which an academic proposed ending the "baby bonus" paid at the time and instituting a carbon tax on babies after a certain number per couple instead. This was in late 2007, and an excerpt follows:
http://www.news.com.au/national/baby-tax-needed-to-save-planet-claims-expert/story-e6frfkp9-1111115071784
A West Australian medical expert wants families to pay a $5000-plus "baby levy" at birth and an annual carbon tax of up to $800 a child.
Writing in today's Medical Journal of Australia, Associate Professor Barry Walters said every couple with more than two children should be taxed to pay for enough trees to offset the carbon emissions generated over each child's lifetime.
Professor Walters, clinical associate professor of obstetric medicine at the University of Western Australia and the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth, called for condoms and "greenhouse-friendly" services such as sterilisation procedures to earn carbon credits.
And he implied the Federal Government should ditch the $4133 baby bonus and consider population controls like those in China and India.
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Presto
It sucks for those who legitimately can't get vaxxed for whatever reasons, there ARE some, like egg allergies, BUT...
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night owl
I agree about not letting them hide behind their religion; not where the public health is concerned. Your right to swing your fist ends where my face begins and all that.
Re: Australia to Cut off Welfare to Anti-Vaxxers April 21, 2015 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 1,355 |
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Presto
It sucks for those who legitimately can't get vaxxed for whatever reasons, there ARE some, like egg allergies, BUT...
The video does, however, say that they won't qualify for benefits if they don't vaccinate their kids UNLESS it's for strict religious or medical reasons.
I fully support making exceptions based on medical reasons, but it pisses me off that religious ones also appear to be exempted. Religion should have no place in laws. After all, if their deity of choice forbids them to vaccinate their kids (and therefore allows them to put others in danger), it might as well pay for their childcare and financial benefits.
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